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and ronald reagan elementary school in idaho, fundamentalal school in yuma, arizona, home of ronald reagan fundamental patriots. and ronald reagan peace garden in illinois, peace garden, really? ronald reagan minuteman missile site, sports park in california, all of these are the work of the ronald reagan legacy project, created by american conservatives in 1997 with the express goal of creating a statue, park or road named after ronald reagan in all 3,000 counties. if yours doesn't have it, they're not going to rest until that changes in your county. while mr. reagan was in office, he was one of the most divisive political figures. divisiveness is not necessarily a bad thing, it is just true his supporters liked him a lot, his detractors disliked him a lot. he had a lot of detractors. you wouldn't know that now, but that's in part because the ronald reagan legacy project for a generation has been part of a concerted, conservative effort to make him into a hero, to gloss over what was unpopular about him, how much resistance there was to him in his time. he was almost impeached over iran c
and ronald reagan elementary school in idaho, fundamentalal school in yuma, arizona, home of ronald reagan fundamental patriots. and ronald reagan peace garden in illinois, peace garden, really? ronald reagan minuteman missile site, sports park in california, all of these are the work of the ronald reagan legacy project, created by american conservatives in 1997 with the express goal of creating a statue, park or road named after ronald reagan in all 3,000 counties. if yours doesn't have it,...
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and so when ronald reagan found his soulmate in lady thatcher, that really made a huge difference in terms of u.s./british relations and the fight against communism. but timely, the reason why in america we respected her is because she also moderated ronald reagan on star wars, the big anti-missile program that he was determined to push, even though the gorbachev said it would end arms control. it was margaret thatcher who forced him to prohibit that system and moderated some of the views of his extreme advisers. and so the combination of peace through strength but negotiation was something that she embodied and she and reagan did so well. >> thomas, to jamie's point, margaret thatcher allowed the americans to place cruise missiles on uk soil for the first time for that very purpose. and that's why the americans perspective on margaret thatcher, baroness thatcher is so warm because on foreign policy, she was extremely impressive. jamie is being slightly polite and modest. he was actually working with vice president joe biden who then was a senator. at the time when the berlin wall ca
and so when ronald reagan found his soulmate in lady thatcher, that really made a huge difference in terms of u.s./british relations and the fight against communism. but timely, the reason why in america we respected her is because she also moderated ronald reagan on star wars, the big anti-missile program that he was determined to push, even though the gorbachev said it would end arms control. it was margaret thatcher who forced him to prohibit that system and moderated some of the views of...
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it was truly a providential blessing that margaret thatcher served alongside president ronald reagan and pope john paul ii. together the three of them did something that previously had been unimaginable. so many had opined the cold war was unwinnable, that we had to accept detente. we had to accept a condition in which the united states would constantly be in military conflict with the soviet union and our children would constantly be in fear of potential catastrophic nuclear war. and yet, when reagan and thatcher and pope john paul all ascended to leadership, together they had the vision to do something that very few imagined was possible. to win the cold war without firing a shot. had that been suggested in the 1970's, that would have been diminished as crazy talk, and yet that's precisely what they did. i would suggest in modern times there are few, if any, more deserving of the nobel peace prize than those three leaders whose vision, whose courage, whose collective leadership transformed the global debate and ended the cold war that jeopardized the very fate of humanity. there ha
it was truly a providential blessing that margaret thatcher served alongside president ronald reagan and pope john paul ii. together the three of them did something that previously had been unimaginable. so many had opined the cold war was unwinnable, that we had to accept detente. we had to accept a condition in which the united states would constantly be in military conflict with the soviet union and our children would constantly be in fear of potential catastrophic nuclear war. and yet, when...
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when ronald reagan was president of the u.s., our revenues were about 20% of our economy. today, revenues are about 60% of our economy, and spending is well over -- revenues are about 16% of our economy and spending as well over 20% cured you are right, we spend too much. we have not really dealt with it as aggressively as we need to on the mandatory side. what we need to also is recognize that we spend $1.2 trillion every year on what we call tax expenditures. these are tax breaks that some taxpayers get, but not all. if you happen to be in a particular field, let's say on energy field, and you might be getting some help from the government on the spending side but you are also getting help from the government on the tax side. why should both be scrutinized? we are not doing that today. when we talk about bringing more revenue and, it is by ,liminating loopholes exemptions, special breaks that people get in our tax codes that are no longer warranted. we want to get revenue back up to traditional level of about 20%. you want to get spending down to about 20%. and have a ma
when ronald reagan was president of the u.s., our revenues were about 20% of our economy. today, revenues are about 60% of our economy, and spending is well over -- revenues are about 16% of our economy and spending as well over 20% cured you are right, we spend too much. we have not really dealt with it as aggressively as we need to on the mandatory side. what we need to also is recognize that we spend $1.2 trillion every year on what we call tax expenditures. these are tax breaks that some...
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her along with the pope and ronald reagan played a significant role in that. i think she defined leadership. the country knew exactly where it was going, whether they agreed with her or not, she looked definitive. it was a time in which we got spoiled with leaders who had new ideas who weren't looking at polls and were doing what they thought was the right thing and if you didn't like them, you could vote them out. >> steve: she will go down as not only the first female prime minister u about someone who helped transform the economy of the united kingdom because it was in terrible shape and she left behind an enduring legacy. margaret thatcher, dead this morning after a stroke. >> gretchen: we will continue to cover this throughout the rest of "fox & friends" and throughout the day here on fox news. >>> other news stories for your monday, another developing story. naval jet crashed into the water near bahrain. the aircraft was operating near the uss dwight d. eisenhower in the north arabian sea when the engine apparently failed. two crew members on board were
her along with the pope and ronald reagan played a significant role in that. i think she defined leadership. the country knew exactly where it was going, whether they agreed with her or not, she looked definitive. it was a time in which we got spoiled with leaders who had new ideas who weren't looking at polls and were doing what they thought was the right thing and if you didn't like them, you could vote them out. >> steve: she will go down as not only the first female prime minister u...
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promotable friends like ronald reagan and the u.s. just as she may not have recognized the polarizing effect of her policy towards hunger strikes, she may not have appreciated the potential of long-term softening effects and the irish agreement. the agreement change the tradition and the political competition to make it even more competitive twist to those who are engaged in violence and i believe it could stop the violence. it was turned into a new history and the new history of northern ireland. with it, a new history on these islands as a whole. agreements are being reaped today with the engagement that started and continues to flow. the full effect of that moment in history on the path of irish nationalism, recognizing that today, we recognize at the time of the passing. i join others across this house. in extending my sympathies to the children and family and friends of margaret thatcher. not just in britain but across the world. margaret thatcher enjoyed many political challenges. she did not shirk from life. in the democratic n
promotable friends like ronald reagan and the u.s. just as she may not have recognized the polarizing effect of her policy towards hunger strikes, she may not have appreciated the potential of long-term softening effects and the irish agreement. the agreement change the tradition and the political competition to make it even more competitive twist to those who are engaged in violence and i believe it could stop the violence. it was turned into a new history and the new history of northern...
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you know. >> you could say that. >> michael eric dyson was talking about old ronald reagan movies. he titled his first memoir when he was still not in politics yet, a line from a film, was "where's the rest of me?" that was reagan's memoir. and the question now is, where's the rest of the republican party going to be? this is going to be a struggle for the soul of the party, and, you know, on what they stand for. until now, for a generation, the party platform, which doesn't get a lot of attention, but it is basically what they stand for. >> yes. >> and dominated by far right conservatives. no abortion even in cases of rape and incest, that kind of thing. the question now will be, since the american public has made it clear that they've left that behind, all those extreme positions, they're not going to win a majority of the new america. so the question is, will there be a struggle over what it means to be a republican? and will the social conservatives leave, or if the social conservatives win, will establishment republicans say, you know what, it's going to take us a couple cycle
you know. >> you could say that. >> michael eric dyson was talking about old ronald reagan movies. he titled his first memoir when he was still not in politics yet, a line from a film, was "where's the rest of me?" that was reagan's memoir. and the question now is, where's the rest of the republican party going to be? this is going to be a struggle for the soul of the party, and, you know, on what they stand for. until now, for a generation, the party platform, which...
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the largest increase came after ronald reagan not only cleaned up the tax loopholes, you can grow prosperity and you can grow revenues. >> how do you think the reinterpretations of the buffet rule play out. >> it will get a lot of conversation, but in the end we need comprehensive reform of the tax code, not just taking singular pot shots. >> as we have been talking about, when it comes to a lot of movement in process in washington, d.c., with the president talking about his budget, we have senators toomey and manchin, we also expect and anticipate something on immigration reform this week, what do you think is going to be the hot button topic of dinner conversation tonight when you're at the white house. >> i think it's going to be the debt and deficit, it's going to be spending, reform of social security and medicare, that is the big issue that we have got to face. this is the year where we can face it politically, because it's an offyear politically, we have got some time to concentrate on it. the answers are there if we're willing to seek them out and find them. >> there's talk that the
the largest increase came after ronald reagan not only cleaned up the tax loopholes, you can grow prosperity and you can grow revenues. >> how do you think the reinterpretations of the buffet rule play out. >> it will get a lot of conversation, but in the end we need comprehensive reform of the tax code, not just taking singular pot shots. >> as we have been talking about, when it comes to a lot of movement in process in washington, d.c., with the president talking about his...
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they love talking about how they agreed with ronald reagan on this or that. in great britain, good lord, try to say something nice about margaret thatcher and it's in. she has not yet received the same warmth reagan did. >> it's really funny. i think the analogy is like nixon in france. people love nixon in france but not so much here. that's the same thing, and a little bit gorbachev, too, but that is the same thing. i think a lot of it has to do with her style. i spoke to her right after she left office and, you know, she had a -- she was ousted by the conservative party on a thursday night and after almost 12 years in office, by monday morning the movie vans were there and downing street closed down for her. she said to me, a pattern of my life is fractured. she said it's like you take a pane of glass and throw it on the floor and with a complicated map on it and all the pieces were shattered and i can't ever bring that back. she was stunned. she was freaked out. >> wow. >> gene, you actually met margaret thatcher, thought she was pretty charming. but you
they love talking about how they agreed with ronald reagan on this or that. in great britain, good lord, try to say something nice about margaret thatcher and it's in. she has not yet received the same warmth reagan did. >> it's really funny. i think the analogy is like nixon in france. people love nixon in france but not so much here. that's the same thing, and a little bit gorbachev, too, but that is the same thing. i think a lot of it has to do with her style. i spoke to her right...
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many of them say she was even stronger and tougher than their much mythologized ronald reagan. as i reported here last night in a segment that was misunderstood by some as praise for margaret thatcher, thatcher was a fiscal conservative by british standards, but there are two areas in which she stood far to the left of any american president and any american politician of her time or our time. she preserved a top income tax rate of 60% for 10 of her 11 years in office. that's 20 points higher than the top income tax rate under president clinton and now under president obama. that is a very liberal top income tax rate by american standards. she raised taxes on lower incomes and then she doubled the national sales tax known as value added tax, which hits low income people the hardest. she pushed her country's tax regime in a regressive direction, but maintained an extremely high overall tax burden on the united kingdom, a tax burden unimaginable in the united states. she actually increased taxes as a percentage of gdp. she pushed it up to 35% when she left office, and that's wher
many of them say she was even stronger and tougher than their much mythologized ronald reagan. as i reported here last night in a segment that was misunderstood by some as praise for margaret thatcher, thatcher was a fiscal conservative by british standards, but there are two areas in which she stood far to the left of any american president and any american politician of her time or our time. she preserved a top income tax rate of 60% for 10 of her 11 years in office. that's 20 points higher...
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. >>> also coming up, ronald reagan's daughter creating quite a stir, saying she believes her dad, ronald reagan, icon, would have supported gay marriage. howard bragman got the interview. 40 minutes past the hour. you are watching "starting point." we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed: the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years. ♪ to enjoy all of these years. ó? so i can't afford to have germy surfaces. but after one day's use, dishcloths can redeposit millions of germs. so ditch your dishcloth and switch to a fresh sheet of new bounty duratowel. look! a fresh sheet of bounty duratowel leaves this surface cleaner than a germy dishcloth, as this black light reveals. it's durable, cloth-like and it's 3 times cleaner. so ditch your dishcloth
. >>> also coming up, ronald reagan's daughter creating quite a stir, saying she believes her dad, ronald reagan, icon, would have supported gay marriage. howard bragman got the interview. 40 minutes past the hour. you are watching "starting point." we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a...
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reagan died in america there were a lot of people who despised him. but when margaret thatcher died today we got to see how there were people in the u.k. who hate her. i've never seen americans have this much joy over someone's passing. were you surprised to see that kind of glee in social media today? >> we were talking about this in the green room. i think brits because they never had the revolution, they never got to send any royals to the guillotine, that they had their moment today with the iron lady. i think that that they are singing their praises but they've never gotten to experience this as a people before. she really was awful to the working class. they have a legitimate beef. i think it's ghoulish, however the brits never had their time to see these people stopped. >> cenk: i guess so. there has been loathing over the past 30 years towards her. molly, i wanted to ask you. i was a kid of the 80s. i was a teenager during the time of the thatcher controversy. but a lot of people don't even remember the thatcher era. i'm guessing you're one of
reagan died in america there were a lot of people who despised him. but when margaret thatcher died today we got to see how there were people in the u.k. who hate her. i've never seen americans have this much joy over someone's passing. were you surprised to see that kind of glee in social media today? >> we were talking about this in the green room. i think brits because they never had the revolution, they never got to send any royals to the guillotine, that they had their moment today...
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ronald reagan made a deal on tax reform. lyndon johnson made a deal on medicare. those days are gone. any deal the president tries to make gets opposed in the house. the only way we've gotten anything passed this year, anything significant, is for john boehner to break the rule that a bill can't come to the floor without a majority of the majority. we can get out of sequestration. there are enough republican votes in the house combined with almost every democrat to pass a deal. same thing is true on immigration reform. but i don't think we're going to get any of those things if you have to have a situation where republicans as a party in the house have to all agree on this. >> let's go to the bottom line. numbers, numbers, numbers. the house is controlled by republicans. primarily because -- certainly jerry mandering plays a part. primarily because the democratic party sweeps the big cities about 90-10. all those votes, the 40% they don't need don't get counted in how we get elected to congress. the republicans win 60-40 in their districts. democrats win 90-10 in
ronald reagan made a deal on tax reform. lyndon johnson made a deal on medicare. those days are gone. any deal the president tries to make gets opposed in the house. the only way we've gotten anything passed this year, anything significant, is for john boehner to break the rule that a bill can't come to the floor without a majority of the majority. we can get out of sequestration. there are enough republican votes in the house combined with almost every democrat to pass a deal. same thing is...
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maybe he needs to channel ronald reagan and bring a helicopter when he doesn't want to answer a question. and voters are certainly getting an ear full. a new ad from the house majority pac is also hitting him on that issue. >> i used to be more mark sanford but not any more. he skipped town to be with his mistress on father's day. he wasted our taxpayer dollars on himself. i'm a republican, but mark sanford just doesn't share our values. >> michael: i don't know wasting taxpayer money being a family values hypocrite skipping out on responsibilities sounds like perfect republican values to me. anyway we'll be back with more. coming up, what does an election look like? when the voting is the last thing on the minds of the people. we'll check in with scott lehi from "the boston globe." we'll head down to north carolina where the civil rights activists from yesterday are being called off the bench to right some of today's wrongs. and an ad with teeth and one that doesn't pull any punches. when you're going up against the nra that's the type the hard ball you need to be playing. we'll talk gu
maybe he needs to channel ronald reagan and bring a helicopter when he doesn't want to answer a question. and voters are certainly getting an ear full. a new ad from the house majority pac is also hitting him on that issue. >> i used to be more mark sanford but not any more. he skipped town to be with his mistress on father's day. he wasted our taxpayer dollars on himself. i'm a republican, but mark sanford just doesn't share our values. >> michael: i don't know wasting taxpayer...
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and evidence and pardon the ante-dote they substitute data, ronald reagan once said. in indonesia in the early 2000s and the days of the full leahy restrictions on training. we were allowed to travel to indonesia to do training on non-lethal weapons, and we used that to go there frequently. one of the mandatory things we had to go on a training was to start with a class on military in a democratic society and a military justice system. and of course, the pentagon, god bless the pentagon, created the class for us. and it was twenty eight mind numbing slides to be given with a lighted detail on everything. but nevertheless, the session especially with the indonesia junior officers turned out to be exciting. these were captains that were fluent in i english or at least confident most fluent and they had done their homework. we couldn't get through the class in the a lotted time without all of these captains bringing up incidents from the american past we would prefer not think about or thought or talk about. it shows that they were thinking and people that are past a cer
and evidence and pardon the ante-dote they substitute data, ronald reagan once said. in indonesia in the early 2000s and the days of the full leahy restrictions on training. we were allowed to travel to indonesia to do training on non-lethal weapons, and we used that to go there frequently. one of the mandatory things we had to go on a training was to start with a class on military in a democratic society and a military justice system. and of course, the pentagon, god bless the pentagon,...
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you see that the president in history looking at second-term presidents, primarily ronald reagan in many way who is had a very successful term and you've seen this president doing what reagan did and that's pecking his issues. where does he want to be four years from now when he is in chicago or in hawaii thinking about his eight years as president. why does he want to look back and say that he has accomplished? we know now that he is very high on immigration reform, gun control, same-sex marriage rights as well a much more progressive agenda. the agenda that he laid out in that second term inauguration. so i think we have seen a president much more engaged, much more out there on the stump, much more pushing for those issues that i think progressives wanted him to push in that first term but he was in some ways hindered by a re-elect and now he isn't. he's free to push for the issues that he wants to push. >> ben, you know, when you talk about -- when you hear nia-malika talk about how he's going to be remembered when he goss ba goes back to chicago, the president realizes he's on a dea
you see that the president in history looking at second-term presidents, primarily ronald reagan in many way who is had a very successful term and you've seen this president doing what reagan did and that's pecking his issues. where does he want to be four years from now when he is in chicago or in hawaii thinking about his eight years as president. why does he want to look back and say that he has accomplished? we know now that he is very high on immigration reform, gun control, same-sex...
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i didn't get a phone call from ronald reagan. when i came out, of course, that was 32 years ago. times were much different then. i didn't really feel it that badly playing matches. but, still, a lot of crowd were sitting on their hands. they weren't clapping when i came on the court or they were booing or jeering. the press was roasting me. it was not a pretty siegts. i would say it was about 95% against and 5% for. now, it's the opposite, 95% for and 5% against. >> one of the times were potential financial damage. and i think i've read that you said it could have cost you millions of dollar ins sponsor shep. that probably won't happen to 4i78. if anything, he's likely to make more money. >> it's possible that he may be getting deals because he is coming out. it certainly wasn't the case for me. i lost who knows how much money. but i was able to play the sport. nobody was going to take that away from me. i was still able to play tennis. it's so different from team sports, athletes, the coach is homophobic or the front office or what have you, they may not get to play. so my livel
i didn't get a phone call from ronald reagan. when i came out, of course, that was 32 years ago. times were much different then. i didn't really feel it that badly playing matches. but, still, a lot of crowd were sitting on their hands. they weren't clapping when i came on the court or they were booing or jeering. the press was roasting me. it was not a pretty siegts. i would say it was about 95% against and 5% for. now, it's the opposite, 95% for and 5% against. >> one of the times were...
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in 1988, where she held meetings with ronald -- president ronald reagan. prior ministers questions from the british house of commons. >> they had a very political marriage, much like john and abigail. in the halls of congress. she was always very careful to stay, my husband believes this, and my husband advocates that, but she herself was doing the pitch. one of her husband's opponents said he hoped it james were ever elected president she would take up housekeeping like a normal woman. and she said, if james and i are ever elected, i will need to keep house, nor make butter. house,ill not keep nor make butter. >> tonight, we'll take your questions and comments by phone, facebook, and twitter. first ladies, live tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span3 and also at c-span.org. >> president obama is expected to speak in connecticut about gun legislation in the lives of over 20 minutes. as the senate plans to the big gun control measures this week, connecticut's governor the sign law law last week concerning the shootings. what congressbout is doing
in 1988, where she held meetings with ronald -- president ronald reagan. prior ministers questions from the british house of commons. >> they had a very political marriage, much like john and abigail. in the halls of congress. she was always very careful to stay, my husband believes this, and my husband advocates that, but she herself was doing the pitch. one of her husband's opponents said he hoped it james were ever elected president she would take up housekeeping like a normal woman....
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today, it was hard to tell who republicans loved more, ronald reagan or margaret thatcher. it is also hard to tell which of the republicans mythologize more. republicans falsely credit reagan and thatcher which bringing down the soviet union when they did no such thing. the soviet union collapsed from within. to believe that the soviet union would be thriving today were it not for reagan and thatcher is to believe that communism is a good idea, that it works. in fact, imperialistic dictatorial communism collapsed of its own horrible weight. it simply could not survive in a modern world where freedom is necessary in every economy as is by the way some socialism as margaret thatcher well understood. it is not as if no one knew that the soviet union was going to collapse. well, it's actually as if only one person knew. senator daniel patrick moynihan predicted in 1979 it would collapse. the horribly run economy couldn't possibly provide for the people of the many different countries who were thrown together against their will under the thinly stretched banner of the imperialis
today, it was hard to tell who republicans loved more, ronald reagan or margaret thatcher. it is also hard to tell which of the republicans mythologize more. republicans falsely credit reagan and thatcher which bringing down the soviet union when they did no such thing. the soviet union collapsed from within. to believe that the soviet union would be thriving today were it not for reagan and thatcher is to believe that communism is a good idea, that it works. in fact, imperialistic dictatorial...
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the great day to stock, ronald reagan's budget director, but today, he has harsh lessons to deliver to democrats and republicans. in his new book, everyone from president roosevelt, to reagan, bush and obama are criticized heavily for helping to wreck the country's economy. stop and sees a rogue central bank. too much wall street influence and two political parties at a standstill. all this is leading to a bigger fis fiscal crisis. we're going to forget about the armageddon. this show's about the next couple of weeks and months. i got to ask you about this. first of all, i think this whole fis fiscal cliff, this whole thing between the two parties is hopeless. why would a republican member of congress and i don't always think like those guys, why would they want to raise taxes to get the joy of screwing people out of medicare and why should a democrat screw the people who are depending on him to get the rich to pay more taxes? neither one seems to work politically, so why is the president pushing it? >> i don't know. it's not going to happen. it's a problem of our government. >> would
the great day to stock, ronald reagan's budget director, but today, he has harsh lessons to deliver to democrats and republicans. in his new book, everyone from president roosevelt, to reagan, bush and obama are criticized heavily for helping to wreck the country's economy. stop and sees a rogue central bank. too much wall street influence and two political parties at a standstill. all this is leading to a bigger fis fiscal crisis. we're going to forget about the armageddon. this show's about...
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don't forget, ronald reagan back in the day exempted social security and medicare. george w. bush expanded medicare. the republicans prospered in 2010, not just because of the tea party, but because they ran on the notion that barack obama wanted to cut medicare. then paul ryan put his cuts in his campaign document and mitt romney took those cuts out. so they can't decide -- and whenever they get up close to it, they then kind of scurry away in the other direction. and i think the president is sort of calling them on it. and good for him for trying to do that. so i'm not entirely sure that he's serious. and even though the progressives, in his own party have gone crazy about this, i don't think they quite appreciate what he's up to here. he's trying to call the republicans on something that he needed to be called on. >> but to go into the democratic party dynamics on this, what the progressives are saying about this is also very helpful to the -- to the president. if he ever is in a negotiation with republicans, which is highly doubtful. he has to be able to show them, look,
don't forget, ronald reagan back in the day exempted social security and medicare. george w. bush expanded medicare. the republicans prospered in 2010, not just because of the tea party, but because they ran on the notion that barack obama wanted to cut medicare. then paul ryan put his cuts in his campaign document and mitt romney took those cuts out. so they can't decide -- and whenever they get up close to it, they then kind of scurry away in the other direction. and i think the president is...
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ronald reagan when he won the governorship. there is the auto graphed picture. it's from one happy warrior to another, joe. happy birthday. >> oh, my gosh! that huge! that is phenomenal birthday present! >> that's great! boy, thank you, rick, so much! i can't wait! >> okay. >> coming up, governor dannel malloy helped push through gun bans in connecticut. it's something senator dianne feinstein wants on a national level. coming up they both join us on "morning joe." this day calls you. to fight chronic osteoarthritis pain. to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, you will know you did something for your pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a pain reliever fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. anti-depressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not for children under 18. people taking maois, linez
ronald reagan when he won the governorship. there is the auto graphed picture. it's from one happy warrior to another, joe. happy birthday. >> oh, my gosh! that huge! that is phenomenal birthday present! >> that's great! boy, thank you, rick, so much! i can't wait! >> okay. >> coming up, governor dannel malloy helped push through gun bans in connecticut. it's something senator dianne feinstein wants on a national level. coming up they both join us on "morning...
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now that was one of only two times that ronald reagan let me down in eight years and accepted the argument that the only way to get agreement on enforcement and restore the rule of law was to make the people that were here illegally legal. and the tradeoff was amnesty in exchange for enforcement. mr. speaker, the projection originally was 800,000 people in this country illegally that would get instant legalization status and that number grew to one million. roughly that was the projected amount at the time that the bill was debated in congress. we know it wasn't one million people but three million people that ended up receiving amnesty from the deliberations in this congress, the tug of war that came together and it's a product of compromise. and i would point out that compromise isn't always a good thing. this would be one of those examples that compromise was in exchange of the promise of future enforcement, ronald reagan would sign the bill to start the process to legalize the people that were illegally in the united states. sounds familiar. he signed the bill in 1986, and what we got
now that was one of only two times that ronald reagan let me down in eight years and accepted the argument that the only way to get agreement on enforcement and restore the rule of law was to make the people that were here illegally legal. and the tradeoff was amnesty in exchange for enforcement. mr. speaker, the projection originally was 800,000 people in this country illegally that would get instant legalization status and that number grew to one million. roughly that was the projected amount...
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david stockton, the great david stockton once served as ronald reagan's budget director. today he has harsh lessons to deliver to both democrats and republicans. in his big knew book "the great deformation: the corruption of capitalism in america" everyone from president franklin roosevelt to modern era lead rs like reagan, bush and obama are criticized heavily for helping direct the country's economy. looking at washington today, stockton sees a rogue central bank. too much wall street influence. and two political parties at a standstill. all this he arguing is leading to an even bigger fiscal crisis. we're dpoing to forget about the armageddon. this show is about the next couple weeks and months. i'm not thinking a million years from now but i got to ask you about this. first of all, i think this whole fiscal cliff, this whole thing between the two parties is hopeless. why would a republican member of congress, why would they want to raise taxes so they get the joy of screwing people on medicare? that's -- why should a democrat screw the people who depend on him who are
david stockton, the great david stockton once served as ronald reagan's budget director. today he has harsh lessons to deliver to both democrats and republicans. in his big knew book "the great deformation: the corruption of capitalism in america" everyone from president franklin roosevelt to modern era lead rs like reagan, bush and obama are criticized heavily for helping direct the country's economy. looking at washington today, stockton sees a rogue central bank. too much wall...
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i mean, i think ronald reagan changed the trajectory of america in a way that, you know, richard nixon did not. and in a way that bill clinton did not. he -- he put us on a fundamentally different path because the country was ready for it. i think kennedy 20 years earlier moved the country in a fundamentally different direction. so i think a lot of it just has to do with the times. i think we're in one of those times right now. >> joining me right now, former san francisco mayor, willie brown, and "bloomberg view" columnist and msnbc political analyst, jonathan alter whose upcoming book is "the center holds." mayor brown, i now you have strong beliefs about this. lay it out. take a couple minutes. what do you think is on the books and probably will be on the books on this president's side of being what he describes as a transformational president? >> i think the first three things obviously are those that he accomplished in his first term. and clearly he has on the agenda three more that if he accomplishes those that puts him in a category with ted williams, so to speak. he really will
i mean, i think ronald reagan changed the trajectory of america in a way that, you know, richard nixon did not. and in a way that bill clinton did not. he -- he put us on a fundamentally different path because the country was ready for it. i think kennedy 20 years earlier moved the country in a fundamentally different direction. so i think a lot of it just has to do with the times. i think we're in one of those times right now. >> joining me right now, former san francisco mayor, willie...
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yesterday, as soon as she died, everybody said oh, my god you know like ronald reagan, she walked on water. she's a conservative. we should all follow. of course, they say that about ronald reagan who could probably not get elected today in a republican party primary. you say the same thing about maggie thatcher? the iron lady? >> well, a conservative politician to be sure and one who certainly in england divides people and there's been some celebrations in some places in england about her death. so a big leader, a world leader. >> bill: but not everybody loved her. >> right. not everybody loved her. in the states, she is really an idol for a lot of republicans. you heard sarah palin famelessly proclaim she looks up to maggie thatcher. of course, before 2008, she didn't know who maggie thatcher was. "vanity fair" profile. >> bill: she couldn't see her. >> wanted to meet her. but look -- >> bill: maggie wouldn't meet with her. she said it was beneath her. >> that was during the campaign. the question is how does she fit into the ideological mold of today's republicans. today's republi
yesterday, as soon as she died, everybody said oh, my god you know like ronald reagan, she walked on water. she's a conservative. we should all follow. of course, they say that about ronald reagan who could probably not get elected today in a republican party primary. you say the same thing about maggie thatcher? the iron lady? >> well, a conservative politician to be sure and one who certainly in england divides people and there's been some celebrations in some places in england about...
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at that time, president ronald reagan, the house was held by democrats. ,he president pushed for it and went for the house, the house pushes through, they send it through the senate, and a got bludgeoned in the senate. he came back from the dead, and the party pushing across the centerline. the lesson from that is that these things can happen if all the parties push in the same direction. the president and some strong faction in the minority party together and really make this happen. i'll also also point out that there was not this golden legislation age in washington. they were brutal. it took years in some cases to be brought to fruition. today, you can see more of it on tv, complaining of that and i -- all-time high. get thingsears to done. some of the lessons is it is bad now, but it was not exactly roses in the past. host: jenna and ohio, republican. caller: what if there have to be a compromise? ourcan't they just leave rights to own our guns alone? with all of these laws that they are putting into effect, they're not going to affect the honest per
at that time, president ronald reagan, the house was held by democrats. ,he president pushed for it and went for the house, the house pushes through, they send it through the senate, and a got bludgeoned in the senate. he came back from the dead, and the party pushing across the centerline. the lesson from that is that these things can happen if all the parties push in the same direction. the president and some strong faction in the minority party together and really make this happen. i'll also...
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facts are stubborn things, as ronald reagan used to say. everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not to his own fac facts. daniel patrick moynihan reminded this chamber many times. the most tragic stories for me involve law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty and in connecticut, they include robert fumiatti of the new haven police department, master police officer peter lavery of the newington police department, patrolman brian hazelton of the east hartford police department, officer james spignazzi of the connecticut environmental department of protection, officer walter williams, iii, of the waterbury police department, officer daniel scott watson of the milford police department, patrolman kenneth bateman of the darian police department, patrolman darryl de joseph of the bridgeport police department, and the first whom i came to know, at least through his family, although i never knew him personally, russell bag shaw. i've known all of these families and had the privilege of coming to know their children in many instances
facts are stubborn things, as ronald reagan used to say. everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not to his own fac facts. daniel patrick moynihan reminded this chamber many times. the most tragic stories for me involve law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty and in connecticut, they include robert fumiatti of the new haven police department, master police officer peter lavery of the newington police department, patrolman brian hazelton of the east hartford police department,...
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if you ask the afghans the classic ronald reagan question, are you better off today than you were four years ago? 53% said yes. in the united states, it's around 15%. afghans rather surprisingly have high degrees of confidence in their army, 9 # -- 93%, police force, 882%, government, 75%. now, a lot of people say, well, that's just giving ans to the questions that think they you want to hear or the government want to hear, but it shows high degrees of concern about corruption and clear criticisms of the government against general backgrounds. we started off by listing our aspirations for afghanistan in very broad terms r and i -- term, and i think if you always measured achievement by aspiration, you'd almost always come up short. ten years after the american resolution, you declare failure because we had not declared a society with the declaration of independence, all men createdded equal, took a hundred years to rid slavery and 150 years to get women to vote, and we're still fighting over issues of equality today, so, no, we have not met many of the aspirations. we did -- just finis
if you ask the afghans the classic ronald reagan question, are you better off today than you were four years ago? 53% said yes. in the united states, it's around 15%. afghans rather surprisingly have high degrees of confidence in their army, 9 # -- 93%, police force, 882%, government, 75%. now, a lot of people say, well, that's just giving ans to the questions that think they you want to hear or the government want to hear, but it shows high degrees of concern about corruption and clear...
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and ronald reagan is the governor at the time supports it. as a black panther strategy of self-defense became more and more effective of mobilizing members of the black community, the panthers attracted even greater attention among authorities. on april 5, 1967, assemblyman mull ford introduced a bill in the california legislature proposing to outlaw carrying a loaded weapon. >> to understand where the panthers were coming from this that period, immediately after slavery, in the period of reconstruction, the first thing people do is they try to take the guns out of the african-american community so the community can then be disempowered and oppressed. what i'm saying is there's a natural affinity for the notion that i have the right to secure myself among many african-americans but we're going to a kind of -- >> in the history of this -- the history of this is very important. this is the jim crowe laws, the original gun laws throughout the south. the jim krou laws which established all of the laws against ownership, against carrying in certai
and ronald reagan is the governor at the time supports it. as a black panther strategy of self-defense became more and more effective of mobilizing members of the black community, the panthers attracted even greater attention among authorities. on april 5, 1967, assemblyman mull ford introduced a bill in the california legislature proposing to outlaw carrying a loaded weapon. >> to understand where the panthers were coming from this that period, immediately after slavery, in the period of...
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demolition underway on president ronald reagan's childhood home in chicago. the 40th president lived there when he was a toddler. the university of chicago resisted calls to save the building for historical purposes. the site will be used for the construction of a new parking garage. great. >> gretchen: you may remember the old spice commercials featuring the sexy old spice guy. move over, old spice guy. the kraft food zesty guy is heat things up in the kitchen. >> ladies, let's make a salad, shall we? mmm. this is the most beautiful pepper i've ever held. how zesty do you want it? a little? a little more? how about a lot more? >> brian: joining us right now from los angeles, the zesty guy, actor, model, anderson davis. it cracks you up, too, this commercial, right? >> i can't hardly watch it without laughing. >> steve: congratulations surviving that fire. it must have been terrifying. >> it was. i actually almost got set on fire. >> brian: how did they do that? >> we had a pyrotechnic on the set. i had a couple close calls, definitely. >> steve: did you sing
demolition underway on president ronald reagan's childhood home in chicago. the 40th president lived there when he was a toddler. the university of chicago resisted calls to save the building for historical purposes. the site will be used for the construction of a new parking garage. great. >> gretchen: you may remember the old spice commercials featuring the sexy old spice guy. move over, old spice guy. the kraft food zesty guy is heat things up in the kitchen. >> ladies, let's...
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ronald reagan gave amnesty to 3 million people trying to do the right thing and the congress failed to follow it through. if if we give the 11 million a second chance and we don't secure our borders and fix the broken immigration system can and provide access to legal labor and all the things we should have done 20 years ago, shame on us. this bill fixes the problem in my opinion. i am going to fight for this bill. if you have a better idea, bring it on. if you want to kill it, we have to talk about that. host: senator lindsey graham of south carolina. roberta kaplan, who is his audience? guest: two groups talking to. the first is the american people are not unanimous about whether people who entered this country illegally should be able to become citizens one day. so he is speaking to the american people broadly, a minority, but people not get behind a lot of the provisions in the proposal. on capitol hill, there are some people who are very concerned about what happened in t last timerede rgan granted a mass amnesty. there were about 3 million people at the time who re legal aftethat
ronald reagan gave amnesty to 3 million people trying to do the right thing and the congress failed to follow it through. if if we give the 11 million a second chance and we don't secure our borders and fix the broken immigration system can and provide access to legal labor and all the things we should have done 20 years ago, shame on us. this bill fixes the problem in my opinion. i am going to fight for this bill. if you have a better idea, bring it on. if you want to kill it, we have to talk...
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. >> does it go beyond ronald reagan? >> reagan was part of this. but just that people could start things and try things out. people were receptive to new in music and movies and the creation of the new cgi in movies or the breakout of new you products. people felt like let's give it a try and i think that is one of the things that makes it exciting. >> are we on the cusp today of a new revolution in optimism? >> one thing that was interesting is how fast it all turned around in 1980. we start off the series with the miracle on ice and the american hockey team amazingly beating the red army at the winter olympics. and that feeling like hey, this is a new you beginning. this might all just be starting again. reagan gets nearly assassinated and doesn't and comes out with jokes and a new sort of attitude. things began moving fast. >> watch it tonight and the next four nights. >> the next two nights. >> well, educated about the '80s. the lost decade in my mind. thank you. a bipartisan gun bill getting pushed back by senators before it makes it to the fl
. >> does it go beyond ronald reagan? >> reagan was part of this. but just that people could start things and try things out. people were receptive to new in music and movies and the creation of the new cgi in movies or the breakout of new you products. people felt like let's give it a try and i think that is one of the things that makes it exciting. >> are we on the cusp today of a new revolution in optimism? >> one thing that was interesting is how fast it all turned...
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she was willing, just like ronald reagan did, her counterpart in the united states, when the conservative movement swept into the united states, she was willing to negotiate on some things, but on some principles she held absolutely fast and drove people in her party and out of her party absolutely berserk, but she knew how to do it and she had a tone and the people of her country respected her even when they disagreed with her. >> megyn: one of her great quotes, i came to office with one deliberate intent. from a give it to me, to a do it yourself nation. to a get up and go instead of a sit back and wait for a britain. again, 1984. looking here to this country, you write in your power play piece today about whether such particularly a female leader could emerge in 2013 in the good old us of a? >> for the republican party they're always looking for another reagan, where is the next reagan? we need a reagan. well, there aren't any reagans on the horizon of the republican party. he was already famous, a movie star. a two term governor of california, steeped in the conservative movement. the
she was willing, just like ronald reagan did, her counterpart in the united states, when the conservative movement swept into the united states, she was willing to negotiate on some things, but on some principles she held absolutely fast and drove people in her party and out of her party absolutely berserk, but she knew how to do it and she had a tone and the people of her country respected her even when they disagreed with her. >> megyn: one of her great quotes, i came to office with one...
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among her admirers, ronald reagan, who shared her politics and valued her advice. they formed a potent partnership. pressuring mikhail gorbachev to dismantle the soviet system and pursue perestroika. by 1990, after three terms in office, it was her fellow conservative party members who forced her out of office. unhappy with a number of her policies. she lost power, but not influence. after a series of small strokes in 2004, she honored a promise to ronald reagan and delivered a eulogy on tape at his funeral. >> we have lost a great president, a great american, and a great man, and i have lost a dear friend. >> i ask the honorable gentleman -- >> reporter: the 2011 movie "the iron lady" showed thatcher's decline into dementia. the highly respected grand damme of politics passing with time. thatcher leaves an undelible mark on the world's political landscape. martin fletcher, nbc news, london. >> you know, the whole generation of people right now who really aren't all that familiar with her and her leadership back in the late 1970s and up until 1990. i'm hoping those
among her admirers, ronald reagan, who shared her politics and valued her advice. they formed a potent partnership. pressuring mikhail gorbachev to dismantle the soviet system and pursue perestroika. by 1990, after three terms in office, it was her fellow conservative party members who forced her out of office. unhappy with a number of her policies. she lost power, but not influence. after a series of small strokes in 2004, she honored a promise to ronald reagan and delivered a eulogy on tape...
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he was ronald reagan's budget director. >>brian: who walked away from reagan because he did not believe in reagan's economic plan. >> precisely and he was a successful investment banker. now he comes out with a critique of america's financial history which he says is leading us toward the mother of all crashes. here's his story. he says you have this vast extension of government and the federal reserve has been piling on by printing on. collectively you're talking trillions of dollars. none of this is supported by a strong fundamental economy. so you've got a series of bubbles. dot-com bubbles, housing bubbles and now stock man says the stock market is a gigantic bubble and it is going to collapse. that is his word. collapse. >>steve: take a look at the dow. it closed yesterday another record, 14652. stuart, convention wisdom is if it's at the highest point than it's been before, eventually it's going to go down. the question is how far? >> he didn't say how far. i interviewed him. he was on my show. he says it's going to c
he was ronald reagan's budget director. >>brian: who walked away from reagan because he did not believe in reagan's economic plan. >> precisely and he was a successful investment banker. now he comes out with a critique of america's financial history which he says is leading us toward the mother of all crashes. here's his story. he says you have this vast extension of government and the federal reserve has been piling on by printing on. collectively you're talking trillions of...
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michael moore play ronald reagan? [ laughter ] >> that would be great casting. so you have a situation here, jane fonda, i have known her for 40 years. she did go to vietnam in the war. the war at that staple was unpopular with at least half the american people. she became labeled as hanoi jane. everybody who served there, was a awful mistake. >> steve: she called americans war criminals. >> she admitted the mistake in subsequent years. the lynn and vanessa redgrave had a similar situation. politics to bar them. she is acting. she is an actress. let her play the role. it's an appropriate response if you disagree with this to boycott the film. don't watch the film. that is totally appropriate. >> do you like jane fonda? >> i do. very much. >> did you date her? >> gretchen: uh-oh. oh my god. uh-oh. >> brian: i don't know what you call "a date." >> i always had a crush on her. >> gretchen: you left that out of the book. >> i did. i never dated her. i never dated. now i'm blushing. i never dated her. she is a great actres
michael moore play ronald reagan? [ laughter ] >> that would be great casting. so you have a situation here, jane fonda, i have known her for 40 years. she did go to vietnam in the war. the war at that staple was unpopular with at least half the american people. she became labeled as hanoi jane. everybody who served there, was a awful mistake. >> steve: she called americans war criminals. >> she admitted the mistake in subsequent years. the lynn and vanessa redgrave had a...
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now in 1986, ronald reagan had promised the american people that if we give amnesty to 1.5 million illegal aliens, that we would secure our borders and this would never happen again. well after the declaration of amnesty that 1.5 million actually doubled to over three million. now, a quarter of a century later, over 11 million people are in our country illegally and our borders are still not secured. now this isn't just about the southern border. there's a lot of focus about if we secure the southern border, our borders are secure. 40% of the people that are in the country illegally did not cross the border. they didn't cross the southern border, they didn't come across canada. 40% of the people in the country illegally came on a visa and overstayed their visa. in fact, one of the men who was granted amnesty in 1986 was involved in a 1993 attack on the world trade center. now my city is 2,000 miles away from the nearest southern border, and i have an illegal immigration problem. any state that has an international airport, you are a border state. there are 22 million americans who are out
now in 1986, ronald reagan had promised the american people that if we give amnesty to 1.5 million illegal aliens, that we would secure our borders and this would never happen again. well after the declaration of amnesty that 1.5 million actually doubled to over three million. now, a quarter of a century later, over 11 million people are in our country illegally and our borders are still not secured. now this isn't just about the southern border. there's a lot of focus about if we secure the...
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ronald reagan gave amnesty to millions of people and congress failed to follow through. if we do not fix the broken immigration system and all the things we should have done many years ago, shame on us. this bill fixes the problem. i will fight for this bill. if you have got a better idea, bring it on. if you want to kill it, we will have a talk about that. we have always welcome newcomers to the united states. we will continue to do so. but in order to qualify for the honor and the privilege of citizenship, our laws must be followed. the world depends on an america that is strong economically and militarily and ethically. the establishment of a stable and efficient immigration only supports those goals. as a nation, we have the right and responsibility to establish clear and just rules for citizenship and control the flow of legal immigration and to eliminate illegal immigration. that paragraph sums up what i'm trying to do. knowr fellow citizens, we congress is broken. this is an effort by four democrats and four republicans to prove to you and the rest of the members
ronald reagan gave amnesty to millions of people and congress failed to follow through. if we do not fix the broken immigration system and all the things we should have done many years ago, shame on us. this bill fixes the problem. i will fight for this bill. if you have got a better idea, bring it on. if you want to kill it, we will have a talk about that. we have always welcome newcomers to the united states. we will continue to do so. but in order to qualify for the honor and the privilege...